Paper box



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A: D. STERN. PAPER BOX.

No. 575,913.. Y Patnted Jan. 26,1897.-

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AARON D. STERN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 5'? 5,913, datedJanuary 26, 1897.

Application filed M y 15, 1896.

T aZZ whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON D. STERN, a citiin the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes made of paper and like material, andparticularly to the class used for containing cigars,cigarettes,candies, and other merchandise for which it is desirable tohave boxes that may be temporarily opened at one end for removing aportion of the contents.

The objects of my invention and the essential form of the parts will bereadily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whiohFigure 1 is a blank which may be folded and locked into the form of abox. Fig. 2 is a front View of a box made from said blank. Fig. 3 is aside View of the same with the upper end opened. Fig. 4 is a side Viewof a modification open at one end, having locking means for more firmlysecuring the upper portion of the sides of the box. Fig. 5 is the sameview with the upper side flaps l'ocked. Fig. 6 is a blank for same,being the same as Fig. 1, except at the extreme ends, the detail betweenthe ends being omitted and a portion broken away. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 showmodifications of the locking means shown in Figs. (3, 4, and 5,respectively.

The heavy lines in the body of the blanks represent the cuts in thematerial, the fine lines represent the creases or scores, and the dottedlines in Fig. 1 are guide-lines showing the relative position of thecuts forming the main locks.

In forming the box from the blank shown in Fig. 1 the side laps 10 and13 are turned inwardly at a right angle to the walls 3 and 5,respectively. The walls 3 and 5 are turned wall 4, the flaps 12 beingturned inwardly at a right angle to the laps 10. The edges of the laps13, formed by the cuts between the flaps 12 and the laps 13, rest uponthe flaps 12, the side laps 13 being within the side laps 10. Thetongues 14 are forced through the cuts 11, thus locking the side 13 tothe sides 10, with the tongues projecting fiat upon the Serial No.591,624. (No model.)

outside of the box, as shown in Fig. 3. The front of this box consistsof the wall 5 and section 7, which are divided bythe score or crease 6.The section 7, with its sides 15, has a hinge movement upon the wall 5at the score or crease 6, as is shown by its partly open position inFig.

To close the box, the section 7 is pressed in to the closed position,the fiaps9 are turned in over the upper edges of side laps 15, and thepart 1 inserted between the section 7 and the forward edges of the fiaps9, the top 2 being turned forwardly upon the wall 3, and the part 1being turned downwardly upon the top 2, as shown in Fig. 2 and withreference to Figs. 1 and 3.

In the upper side lock (shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6) the blank has theflaps corresponding to the flaps 9 cut at 17 and has the sides extendedto form the flaps 18, which have the transverse incisions 19. The mannerof looking these flaps is shown by reference to Figs. 4 and 5 in theopen and closed position, respectively. The manner of then turning inthe flaps and closing the top is the same as in the device shown inFigs. 1, 2, and'3.

The modification of the upper-flap locks (shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9)will be readily understood by reference to the figures. The

blank is the same as in Fig. 6, excepting that the cuts 20 and 21 aresubstituted for the cuts 17 and 19. j

Any material capable of being shaped, creased, the. in like manner aspaper or cardboard may be used in the manufacture of these boxes. 7

I do not confine myself to the particular shape of the box, as it willbe seen that the blanks may be cut so as to form the boxes of differentshapes without departing from the spirit of my invention. Neither do Iconfine myself to the locks formed in the side laps for securing sametogether.

lVhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A blank for a box, formed of a single piece of paper or likematerial, having cuts therein forming laps 10, 13, 15; flaps 9, 12, atthe ends of the laps 10; an extension, 1, 2, between the flaps 9; and ascore 6, connecting the cuts which divide the laps 13 from theircompanion laps 15; all adapted to fold in the form of a complete box andcover, substantially as described.

2. A blank for a box formed of a single piece of paper or like material,having longitudinal creases forming side laps 10, 13, 15; cuts formingflaps 9 and 1.2 at the ends of the laps 10; an extension 1, 2 betweenthe flaps 9; a lateral cnt dividing each lap 13 from its companion lap15; and a score 6 connecting said lateral cuts; all adapted to fold inthe form of a complete box and cover, substantially as described.

3. A blank for a box formed of a single piece of paper or like materialhaving cuts therein forming the laps 10, 13, 15 with the flaps 9 and 12,a lateral cut dividing each lap 13 from its companion lap 15, alongitudinal extension 1, 2, atthe opposite end of the material, andcuts forming relative interlocking parts in the laps 10 and 13, alladapted to fold in the form of a complete box-cover, substan- 13 fromits companion lap 15,a longitudinal extension 1, 2, at the opposite endof the material, and cuts forming relative interlocking parts in thelaps 10 and 13, extensions on the laps 15, cuts therein and in the flaps9, formin g relative interlocking parts, all adapted to fold in boxform, substantially as described.

5. A box formed of a single piece of paper or like material havingoverlapping sides with a flap at the lower end of each outer lapextending inwardly and held between the lower edge of the inner lap andthe bottom or corresponding wall of the box, and a flap at the upper endof each outer lap adapted to be pressed over the upper edge of the innerlap, a lateral cut dividing each inner lap, a score across the Wallconnecting said lateral cuts, and an upper extension of the Walladjoining the outer laps adapted to be turned over said upper flaps, andinserted between same and the opposite wall.

AARON D. STERN.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM M ARMING, WM. R. RUMMLER.

